Top 10 Norfolk (county) Hotels Near Holkham Hall | United Kingdom | Hotels.com Hotels near Holkham Hall, Norfolk (county) Hotels near Holkham Hall Search hotels near Holkham Hall in Norfolk (county) City, landmark, hotel name, address or zip code Check in I don’t know my dates Rooms Get Secret Prices on select hotels These prices aren’t available to everyone. Unlock now See all Norfolk (county) deals Trending now in Norfolk (county) Hotels within 2 miles of Holkham Hall Most booked Good 3.8 / 5 ( 4 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "We spent a great 3 days here and loved the great layout, location and friendliness. It is our favourite hostel so far and we would highly recommend it as a base to explore the beautiful Nolfolk Coast" A Traveller, Sep 2015, AU The Mousetrap No Guest Reviews yetHotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free!

The Quay B&B Star rating not availableNo Guest Reviews yetHotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Hotels within 4 miles of Holkham Hall The Nelson Excellent 4.0 / 5 ( 42 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "This was the second time we had stayed at the Nelson and overall we had a good time there. Some of the decor was tired, for example the external door. Also the Wifi reception was very poor and needs addressing. However, the staff were excellent and did all that they could to help in all eventuali..." A Traveller, Aug 2016, GB Meadow View Guest House Outstanding 4.9 / 5 ( 8 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "This is a hotel, very conveniently located if you are working in the offshore Wind industry. If you are planning on visiting the Wind Farm Place, please be sure to reserve in advance. The place can be full during summer or bust periods.

The house owner's are nice and warm people." A Traveller, Dec 2016, US Hotels within 5 miles of Holkham Hall Plume of Feathers Excellent 4.2 / 5 ( 11 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "Second year at the Plume Of Feathers. A cosy pub which is warm and welcoming. Only slight gripe this year was a broken shower that delivered more water on the ground than out of the shower head." A Traveller, Dec 2016, GB The Old Bakehouse B&B Excellent 4.0 / 5 ( 7 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "Bed and breakfast in a wonderfully quaint English village. Clean and spacious double room with comfortable king bed. Friendly and warm hosts made us feel so welcome and we're very helpful to our needs. Close to an excellent pub (Black Lion). Hearty breakfast (included) served at next door cafe.

F..." A Traveller, Oct 2016, CA Hotels within 8 miles of Holkham Hall Holly Lodge Outstanding 5.0 / 5 ( 19 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "A lovely B&B. Very friendly and welcoming. Helpful little extras (toothbrush and paste, sewing kit to mention a few). Cake and a bottle of wine was a really welcome touch along with a vast choice of tea's, coffee and hot chocolate. Will definitely go back " A Traveller, Oct 2016, GB Titchwell Manor Excellent 4.3 / 5 ( 8 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "good nosh, decent beer and close to RSPB Titchwell" A Traveller, Nov 2016, GB Hotels within 9 miles of Holkham Hall The White Horse Blakeney Outstanding 4.9 / 5 ( 7 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "Good small hotel. Friendly staff.

But make sure you don't get the very smallest room - which is bijou in the extreme. After raising it with the staff they were happy to change us for our subsequent two nights to a much more comfortable room (priced the same) but we shouldn't really have had to..." A Traveller, Nov 2016, GB Hotels within 10 miles of Holkham Hall The Kings Head Hotel Excellent 4.4 / 5 ( 39 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! 6 people looked at this hotel in the last hour Most recent review "Trip times well with Xmas market nearby and fireworks display also nearby. Good location for branching out around Norfolk. Would stay again" A Traveller, Dec 2016, GB The George Hotel Good 3.6 / 5 ( 16 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! 4 people looked at this hotel in the last hour Most recent review "Great place for a few days at the north Norfolk coast. Friendly staff. Good food making good use of local produce. If you like fish chowder then this is the place for you.

Ideal for visiting Holkham Hall and the National Trust properties at Felbrig and Blickling, or simple have a walk in the fres..." A Traveller, Sep 2016, GB The Orange Tree Excellent 4.5 / 5 ( 97 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "Wifi was non existent in our room. Hotel food was lovely and so was the cocktail" A Traveller, Nov 2016, GB Chequers Inn Excellent 4.1 / 5 ( 9 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "Stayed at the hotel after a friends wedding in the local area, the staff are very friendly and helpful and made us very welcome even after arriving at midnight. The room was very spacious and comfortable however the shower somewhat lets the room down other than that would 100% recommend to family..." A Traveller, Oct 2015, GB White Horse Farm Outstanding 4.9 / 5 ( 9 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free!

Most recent review "Lovely spacious cottage with high spec. appliances in a rural location within beautiful landscaped grounds." A Traveller, Sep 2016, GB Lifeboat Inn Excellent 4.3 / 5 ( 6 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "As a single traveller, I found the hotel friendly and welcoming. Service at breakfast was more than slow, but the food excellent. Would have appreciated some disabled parking - overall an enjoyable stay." A Traveller, Sep 2015, GB Hotels within 11 miles of Holkham Hall The Blue Boar Inn Excellent 4.5 / 5 ( 47 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "Very friendly staff, food and drink was excellent. I arrived quite late and only stayed one night for business. Only negative was the Internet connection which was painfully slow an unusable at times.

Would be Greatford a short leasure stay." A Traveller, Nov 2016, GB Melody House B&B Excellent 4.6 / 5 ( 24 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "Great place to stay. Clean comfortable, have stayed before. Very good pub next door for food.." A Traveller, Sep 2016, GB Hotels within 12 miles of Holkham Hall The King William IV Excellent 4.5 / 5 ( 27 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! Most recent review "Excellent room good restaurant with wide choice - convenient location for major birdwatching sites as golf courses" A Traveller, Oct 2016, GB Hotels within 13 miles of Holkham Hall The Feathers Hotel Excellent 4.3 / 5 ( 92 genuine reviews ) Hotels.com® RewardsFor every 10 nights, get 1 free! 3 people looked at this hotel in the last hour Most recent review "Hotel was lovely and clean, lovely rooms , breakfast was tasty.

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# See More 1000+ images about Holkham hall on Pinterest | Wedding venues, Temples and Red bedrooms Forward Holkham Hall, Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk - The design for Holkham was based on Palladio’s unbuilt Villa Mocenigo, as illustrated in his "Quattro Libri." Construction began in 1734, with the yellow-gray bricks all being made on the Estate & was completed by his widow in 1764. Holkham was designed, in collaboration with Lord Burlington & the Earl of Leicester by William Kent, between 1734 & 1762. See More 10 Best Cheap Hotels Near Holkham Hall - Hotels.com Pool hotels (20 hotels) Best Cheap Holkham Hall, Norfolk (county) Hotels With Hotels.com you can easily book the best hotels near Holkham Hall, Norfolk (county). We have 5 hotels and other accommodation options within 1 mile (1.6 km) of Holkham Hall. 5 of our most popular choices are: 1. The Green House B&B 2. The Barns at Thorpe Market 3. Holly Lodge 4.

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In Rome he encountered Lord Burlington, one of the leading lights of a new English enthusiasm for Palladianism and neo-classical style. With Burlington was William Kent , who would go on to design Chiswick House for his patron, incorporating many of Burlington's classical ideals. The encounter with Burlington and Kent made a lasting impression on Coke, and he returned home full of enthusiasm for the neo-classical style. In fact, he took lessons in architecture so that he could understand and contribute to the design of a grand new house based on classical ideals. With the help of William Kent and Matthew Brettingham, Coke set out an ambitious plan to create a sweeping mansion to replace the Elizabethan manor of Hill Hall, which had been his family's home since Sir Edward Coke bought the estate from the Neal family in 1609. The Marble Hall The design created by Coke and Kent - and implemented by Brettingham - was based around a central block with four wings. It may give some idea of the scale of Coke's design to realise that any one of the four wings was large enough for a modest country house all on its own. So large and ambitious was the project that most of the existing village of Holkham had to be demolished.

Coke was very conscious of the public ridicule that had been levelled at Chatsworth Hall in Derbyshire, when that grand new house was built without regard for actual living quarters for the family and servants. So at Holkham the work began with one of the four wings, to provide a living space for the family while the rest of the house was being built. Work began in 1734, and only when the family wing was finished in 1741 did work start on the central block. Building was slow, in part because the family finances suffered a major blow with failed South Sea investments, and again when their steward stole huge sums of money. The result of these financial setbacks is that the house never suffered any major alterations or rebuilding with changing fashions over the centuries, and remains largely unaltered from its original design. The Marble Hall coffered ceiling Thomas Coke died in 1759, long before his ambitious new house was complete. His widow, Lady Leicester, carried on the project, supervising the work herself and maintaining meticulous records.

She fell out with Brettingham and called in James Miller to finish the job, and between them they are responsible for completing the most impressive features at Holkham, the state rooms and the awe-inspiring Marble Hall, with its high coffered ceiling and Ionic colonnades. After Lord Leicester's death the estate passed to a nephew named Wenman Roberts. As was customary among nobility at the time, Roberts changed his surname when he took up his inheritance, becoming Wenman Coke. His son, also named Thomas, is known to history as Coke of Norfolk, and is easily the most famous owner of Holkham Hall. Coke of Norfolk Thomas Coke is best known as an agricultural reformer. During the 66 years he resided at Holkham (1776-1842) Coke instituted numerous revolutionary methods in animal husbandry and estate management. His fame spread across Europe, and people flocked to Holkham to see for themselves what 'Coke of Norfolk' was up to. The annual sheep shearing at Holkham, known as 'Coke's Clippings', were an event of national importance that is hard to imagine today.

Coke famously refused a peerage on numerous occasions, preferring to remain plain Mr Coke. When the Prince Regent 'threatened' to knight him, Coke replied that he would break the Prince's sword if he tried. In the end he did accept a new earldom of Leicester, for the sake of his daughters' social standing. The library at Holkham The house has been little altered since Coke of Norfolk's day. The interior is an opulent extravaganza of Italianate details, classical mouldings, ornate ceilings, and magnificent artwork. The Marble Hall is the highlight, an extraordinary space so high and bright, topped by an ornately coffered ceiling, arranged like an Italian basilica. A broad stair leads from the hall to a range of state rooms filled with Old Master paintings and English treasures like Gainsborough and van Dyck. The collection of paintings is equalled by the special sculpture gallery, many of the statues gathered by the 1st Earl on his Grand Tour. Another highlight is the exquisite family chapel. The house is set in a superb landscape of parkland and water features. Herds of red deer and fallow deer wander the park, and classical follies dot the parkland.

Within the grounds is St Withburga's church , the medieval parish church of Holkham village . The church has a 13th century tower, but much of the curent building dates to a Victorian restoration for the 2nd Earl. Other features at Holkham include a Bygones Museum in the stable block, incorporating a History of Farming exhibition which helps explain the contributions of Coke of Norfolk towards the modernisation of English agriculture. There is a six acred walled garden laid out by Samuel Wyatt in the late 18th century. Visiting Holkham Hall I have two abiding memories of visiting Holkham. As I arrived a cricket match was being played on a small field in front of the house, a local tradition, I gathered. The combination of the white-clad cricketers with the palatial country house as a backdrop for their game created an unforgettable sight, a sort of microcosm of English tradition and nostalgia. The other memory that lingers was something that happened as I entered the astonishing marble entry hall.

As I lingered, my gaze drawn inexorably upward to take in the coffered ceiling high above me, a family with a young girl stopped to ask a guide if the girl could play the grand piano sitting in one corner of the hall. The guide was only too pleased to lead the young pianist to the polished and gleaming concert grand piano. I am no music expert, but the sound of the beautiful classical piano music echoing around the entrance hall was otherworldly in its magnificence. People gathered to listen, smiles on their faces, as the girl played. It was truly a wonderful experience to hear music filling that grand marbled space. About Holkham Hall Holkham Country Fair | Things to do in Norfolk | Holkham Hall & Estate ​ A splendid setting for a perfect day . Holkham Country Fair The next Holkham Country Fair will be held on 22nd and 23rd July 2017. Further details will be published when available. Holkham Country Fair 2015 The last Country Fair was held on the 25th and 26th July 2015 when the hugely popular Holkham Country Fair returned to Holkham Park.

Despite the weather being inclement, visitors of all ages enjoyed a full programme of events and displays in the Grand Ring and more than 100 trade stands and a large variety of showground events completed the mix. One of the themes of the fair is the celebration of the English countryside, its work and its leisure, its conservation, its traditions and its evolution. It is fitting that this event is held at Holkham, an estate steeped in the history of our nation, but with its own history of a modern and progressive approach; from Coke of Norfolk in the 18th century, to the very different challenges of the 21st. For more information, click here to visit the Holkham Country Fair website. HOLKHAM HALL - 1000461| Historic England HOLKHAM HALL List Entry Summary This garden or other land is registered under the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 within the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens by English Heritage for its special historic interest. Name: HOLKHAM HALL The garden or other land may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County: Norfolk District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk District Type: District Authority National Park: Not applicable to this List entry. Grade: I Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry. Legacy System Information The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System: Parks and Gardens UID: 1430 Asset Groupings This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information. List entry Description Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details. Reasons for Designation Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details. History Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details. Details One of the principal landscape parks in England, laid out by Thomas Coke (later the Earl of Leicester), Lord Burlington, and William Kent, with Matthew Brettingham in the early to mid C18 and greatly extended in the late C18 and early C19. Lancelot Brown, William Emes, and Humphry Repton, who produced a Red Book in 1789, are all associated with the site.

The mid C19 garden terraces are by William Burn, William Andrews Nesfield, and Thomas Sandys. NOTE This entry is a summary. Because of the complexity of this site, the standard Register entry format would convey neither an adequate description nor a satisfactory account of the development of the landscape. The user is advised to consult the references given below for more detailed accounts. Many Listed Buildings exist within the site, not all of which have been here referred to. Descriptions of these are to be found in the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest produced by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT In 1609 Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice in the early C17, acquired some land in Holkham and through his son's marriage to Meriel Wheatley the family came to live at Hill Hall, the precursor of the present Holkham Hall. The history of the designed landscape at Holkham effectively begins with Thomas Coke, who inherited the estate in 1707 at the age of ten.

Having completed the Grand Tour, during which time he received some formal architectural training and met William Kent, he returned to England in 1718 to marry and set about rebuilding the hall at Holkham. The earliest surviving drawings are by Matthew Brettingham, dated 1726, and construction began in 1734, to a modified Brettingham design which is believed to have been developed by Coke himself, Lord Burlington, and William Kent, with Brettingham contributing the construction details. By 1734, when building of the new hall commenced, a large geometric landscape, organised around a main north/south vista, was already taking shape, the formality of which was further emphasised by the planting of the great south avenue in 1735, and the erection in 1738/9 of the south lodge at the point where this entered Obelisk Wood. By this time however new ideas were affecting the design of the landscape and a number of innovative features began to appear. These were of a new, serpentine character and were largely the work of William Kent, whose activities at Holkham had, up to this time, been largely concerned with the design of garden buildings.

The area to the south of the Hall was redesigned and a new shrubbery and pleasure ground created. The southern end of the lake was given a more irregular outline, an island was created, and in 1742 the water was connected by a 'serpentine river' to the basin south of the Hall. A pale was gradually erected enclosing a park of c 360ha and much planting was undertaken between the 1730s and 1750s, taking the form of large blocks of woodland and small skyline clumps. Kent died in 1748 but the landscape continued to develop according to the pattern he had set. Thomas Coke died in 1759 with the great design almost, yet not quite, completed and with the final touches yet to be made to his great Palladian mansion. Relatively little was done to the landscape in the 1760s and 1770s.

In 1762 Lancelot Brown, or one of his foremen, worked at Holkham, probably redesigning the pleasure grounds, and at some time between 1760 and 1780 the field boundaries which still survived in places within the park were removed (Williamson 1998). The accession of Thomas William Coke in 1776 saw the start of a further period of radical change. The park was massively expanded, mainly to the south, and Kent's south lodge demolished. The head gardener John Sandys began a major tree-planting campaign which surrounded the new and much larger park with continuous belts and established a number of large clumps within it. Numerous new lodges were built, to designs by Samual Wyatt. By 1800 the park extended to 1200ha but not all the land within the perimeter belts was under pasture. Most of the land added since 1776, to the south of Obelisk Wood, continued to be farmed as arable and it was in this area that Coke erected, in c 1790, the Great Barn.

The Barn, again designed by Wyatt, was built as a venue for the 'sheep shearing', annual gatherings of farmers and landowners at which the ideas of the 'new husbandry' were propagated. Repton worked at Holkham in 1789 but his activities were restricted to the area around the lake and many of his Red Book proposals were never carried out. There were only minor changes in the course of the C19. Between 1833 and 1839, a brick wall was constructed around the perimeter of the park and in 1843 Kent's north lodge was demolished to be replaced by a tall monument to Thomas William Coke, designed by Donthorne. In 1847 new south lodges designed by S S Teulon were built, and the following year a gothic screen, again by Teulon, was erected at the north gate which now became the main entrance to the Hall and park. More drastic changes came in 1849-54 when vast Italianate gardens, designed by William Andrews Nesfield and William Burn, were constructed around the Hall. Clumps of evergreen oaks were planted beside the central section of the main southern avenue.

The C20 has seen few changes to this landscape. The site remains (1999) in private ownership. SUMMARY DESCRIPTION Holkham Hall sits on the open expanses of the north Norfolk coast, immediately to the south of the main A149 coast road between Hunstanton and Cromer. The park is located c 3km west of Wells-next-the-Sea and covers an area of c 1210ha, measuring c 4km north/south and c 3km east/west. It is completely surrounded by a brick and flint park wall, and screened by boundary woodlands, belts and plantations which enclose an open park laid (1999) to pasture in the north and farmed as arable in the south. The ground has an overall and gentle slope down towards the sea c 2km north of Holkham Hall, which is sited in the northern centre of the park. Views within the park are associated with the main north/south axis along which the avenue, Obelisk, Hall, and Monument are arranged. A second major view is contrived from the Temple in Obelisk Wood, looking north along the length of the lake.

St Withburga's church, 1km to the north-west of the Hall, acts as a focus in the landscape scheme, being set upon a high hill looking down over the park and lake. There are also many minor views enjoyed from various points in the park, although most of the vistas created in Obelisk Wood have long been removed. The main entrance is from the north, off the coast road 1km north of the Hall, past mid C18 almshouses, the Octagon Cottages (Wyatt), and through Teulon's gothic screen. The drive turns west through the park to arrive at the stable block and north front of the Hall. A second drive enters from the south, past the twin lodges 3km south of the Hall, the drive running north for c 2km along The Avenue, past the Obelisk, before dropping down along the western edge of the south lawn and skirting the west front of the Hall to the main entrance court. The west lodge drive enters the park due west of the Hall, by the model farm and passes south of the walled garden to join the south drive west of the Hall (lodge by Wyatt).

Midway along the northern boundary stands Church Lodge (Wyatt), its drive, now a grass track, passing between the west bank of the lake and St Withburga's church before entering the open park. There are numerous other lodges and entrances: along the eastern boundary are Wells (or East) Lodge (Wyatt) on the north-east corner; a further lodge by Mousehill Plantation; Palmers Lodge (Wyatt) at the west end of Golden Gate drive; the Golden Gate Lodge 1km south of Wells Lodge; and Cuckoo Lodge 400m south-east of Golden Gate Lodge. Branthill Lodge (Wyatt) stands midway along the south-east boundary 2.2km south-south-east of the Hall; and Scarborough Lodge on the southern edge of Scarboro Wood 2.2km south-south-west of the Hall. Holkham Hall (listed grade I) is a grand country mansion built of Holkham gault brick of exceptional quality with slate roofs.

It is arranged as a Palladian villa on an enlarged scale with a rusticated ground floor, a single main floor above the rustic, and four low wings or pavilions, one on each corner, the garden front to the south having the addition of a central hexastyle Corinthian portico above the ground floor. In 1722 'Mr Tallman', presumably the architect William Talman, was paid to produce drawings, and two years later Colen Campbell did the same. Neither set of drawings survive and the actual design of the house came out of a collaboration between Thomas Coke, Lord Burlington, and William Kent, although it was executed and completed by Matthew Brettingham the Elder, whose drawings are dated 1726. It has remained largely unaltered since its original construction. The gardens at Holkham lie to the south and west of the Hall. They comprise formal terraces decorated with box parterres and scroll work. The south terrace extends east/west for 300m with a central walk and fountain with sculpture (Charles R Smith) 110m to the south, a garden temple at the east end, and an orangery (Wyatt) on the east end of the Hall.

They were laid out in the mid C19 by William Burn and William Andrews Nesfield. The pleasure ground and shrubbery lies to the east of the Hall and was originally laid out by Kent in the mid C18, with later alterations by Lancelot Brown in 1762 and further plantings by Nesfield in the mid C19. The creation of the park began in 1722, in advance of the building of the Hall. Those parts of the park which were always pasture, principally the northern and central sections, remain (1999) under grass, whilst the north-west section and the park south of Obelisk Wood continue to be farmed as arable. There are relatively few free-standing trees within the park, but of these a number date from the C18, especially in the area to the north of the Hall: these are mainly oaks, beech, and sweet chestnut. A pollarded oak to the north-east of the Hall, another to the south of the icehouse, and a pollarded ash in the east park, represent survivors from the pre-park landscape. Much early planting remains in the outer belts which continue to encircle the park.

The earliest sections, the woods planted in the middle decades of the C18 around the northern end of the lake, survive well whilst the remainder, planted by Sandys in the late C18 and early C19 contain much original planting, as do the large clumps he established. The park is entirely enclosed by a brick and flint perimeter wall. To the north of the Hall is a sweep of grass running up to a monument and bounded to the west by the lake. This area is known as the North Lawn, an area of open grass with scattered tree clumps on either side, some of which date from William Kent's period of planting, originally of mixed species but now consisting only of beech. The monument is dedicated to Thomas William Coke, and was raised on the site of Kent's north lodge in 1845. The North Lawn was levelled and planted with a pattern of clumps to one of Kent's designs, framing the north lodge, between 1753 and 1755. The formal elements of the landscape were further softened later in the century as the basin south of the Hall and the serpentine river were filled in and the Seat on the Mount removed.

The lake was given a bend at its northern end by William Emes in 1784, and another at the southern end in 1801-3 by John Webb. To the south of the formal gardens lies the great South Lawn, a stretch of grass recently (1990s) replanted with parkland trees, framing the view to the Obelisk which stands at the end of the southern avenue, within Obelisk Wood. A classical Temple stands within Obelisk Wood, built between 1729 and 1735, at the same time as the Obelisk was erected at its centre. The South Lawn was laid out between 1724 and 1729 as part of a grand scheme by William Kent. Formal lines of trees were planted on either side, framing a vista towards Obelisk Wood which was planted on the summit of a hill and contained a far more complex pattern of allées than exist today (1999), focused on the Temple and framing vistas of distant objects in the landscape.

Kent also dammed the Clint, a natural water course which ran close to the Hall, to form a lake between 1725 and 1731 and excavated a geometric basin to the south between 1730 and 1735. He added 'porches' ( small classical pavilions ( beside the basin in 1732-6 at the ends of the formal lines of trees running up the hill to Obelisk Wood. Kent created the area to the south of the Hall and its pleasure grounds as a piece of miniaturised, idealised Italian scenery, the main feature of which was a 'New Mount', created in 1742; the temple-like 'Seat on the Mount' was constructed the following year. Of his work, all that survived the changes of the late C18 and C19 were the South Lawn, and the Temple and Obelisk in Obelisk Wood. The late C17 icehouse was also retained on the rising ground to the south of the lake. The walled kitchen garden lies c 800m west of the Hall, with a gardener's house and free-standing vinery beside it.

It is presently (1999) used as a commercial plant centre. The walls enclose an area of c 3ha with a further 1ha of orchard to the south. The garden is divided into two long compartments by high brick walls running east/west; the southern one in turn is divided into four equal spaces, and the northern one into two spaces, one small and one large. The two compartments at the eastern end contain C19 ranges of glass, cold frames, gardeners' stores, and forcing beds together with some old espalier fruit trees. The large compartment to the north is used as a growing area for the nursery whilst the smaller southern compartments contain mixed planted borders, plant display areas, and remnants of old orchards. The garden was moved to its present site in the 1780s and built, along with the cottage and vinery, to designs by Samuel Wyatt. REFERENCES Note: There is a wealth of material about this site. The key references are cited below.

Country Life, 3 (1 January 1898), pp 752-4; 143 (16 May 1968), pp 1310-14; 167 (24 January 1980), pp 214-17; (31 January 1980), pp 298-301 J Lees-Milne, Earls of Creation (1962), pp 244-7 D Stroud, Humphry Repton (1962), pp 36-8 N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: North-west and South Norfolk (1962), pp 199-204 Apollo 150, (August 1974), pp 133-6 D Stroud, Capability Brown (1975), p 229 Garden History 6, no 2 (Summer 1978), pp 22-5 G Carter et al, Humphry Repton (1982), p 159 S Wade-Martins, Holkham Park: its development over

 three centuries (1983) J Garden History 11, (1991), nos 1 and 2, pp 56-8 T Williamson, The archaeology of the landscape park, BAR Brit Ser 268 (1998), pp 59-72, 100-05, 197-9, 212, 245-7 Maps T Clerke, Description of the lordshipe or mannor of Holkham ..., 1590 (private collection) Undated proposal map of Holkham park, c 1745 (private collection) Undated map of Holkham park, c 1760 (private collection) C Biedermann, A survey of lands at Holkham, 1781 (private collection) W Faden, A new topographical map of the county of Norfolk, 1797 (Norfolk Record Office) A Bryant, Map of the county of Norfolk, 1826 (Norfolk Record Office) OS Surveyor's draft drawings, c 1815 (British Library Maps) OS 6" to 1 mile:

 1st edition published 1886 Archival items The majority of the original documents and maps relating to Holkham are held in a private collection.

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End of official listing Holkham, Norfolk Genealogy Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki Norfolk Record Office reference PD 608 Census records Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online . Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library. The first film number is 438859 . Poor Law Unions For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: and Walsingham Union was incorporated under the terms of the 1834 Act, and the union workhouse was built at Great Snoring, but not completed until 1838. The Walsingham Union Workhouse at Great Snoring was opened in 1838. It was situated close to the boundary between the parishes of Great Snoring and Thursford and was sometimes known as Thursford Workhouse. Poor Law Unions were abolished in 1930 and the responsibilities of Walsingham Union Board of Guardians were taken over by Norfolk County Council Guardians' Committee No. 7.

From 1930 the former Workhouse became known as Walsingham Public Assistance Institution. On 26 and 27 June 1934 the remaining thirty inmates (including two infants but no children) were transferred to West Beckham and Gressenhall Institutions and Walsingham Institution officially closed on 30 June 1934. The building was subsequently adapted for use as a smallpox hospital. By 1976 the building was derelict and was demolished in the early 1990s. Acquisition Received by the Norfolk Record Office on 26 February 1982 (C/GP 19/192-198) and on unknown dates. Copies C/GP19/1-6, 131, 133-135, 137, 141, 143-146, 148, 150-151, 173-181 are on microfilm. RelatedMaterial For records of Guardians Committee No.

7 (including the administration of Red House Children's Home in Little Snoring and the boarding-out of children), see C/GC 7. See Public Assistance Sub-Committee minutes, 11 July 1934 and 12 September 1934, C/C 10/455. The records of the County Architect's Department include plans of the alterations for use as a smallpox hospital dated February 1937, see C/AR 1/29-31. The one inch to one mile Ordnance Survey Map of 1954 designates the building 'smallpox hospital'. Norfolk Poor Law Unions Probate records Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. Maps and Gazetteers Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Question: In which county is Holkham Hall?
Answer: NORFOLK